Police Shake-up

August 17, 1985

SANTIAGO, CHILE — Fired: Four generals, 17 colonels and eight other officers of the Carabineros, Chile's militarized police force. The government gave no reason for the action, the biggest shake-up in the armed forces since the military seized power in Chile 12 years ago. Two weeks ago Gen. Cesar Mendoza resigned as head of the Carabineros and as a member of the ruling junta after a judge accused members of the force of involvement in the murders of three communist opponents of Gen. Augusto Pinochet's government. The accusation touched off demonstrations in Santiago and two people were killed. Mario Papi, leader of the Social Democrats: ''It seems Chile has started on the classic course of all military dictatorships, which end in a major internal crisis.''